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Sustainability Projects in Alkmaar Table of contents of Table Sustainability Projects in Alkmaar Table of contents Introduction 4 Introduction P.M. Bruinooge Mayor of Alkmaar 5 Alkmaar 6 Alkmaar and his region 6 Alkmaar trade city 6 Victory began in Alkmaar! 6 HVC: energy en waste 8 Waste and raw materials 8 Renewable energy 9 Most sustainable district heating in the Netherlands 10 A future without natural gas 11 INNOVATION: InVesta & Energy Innovation Park 12 InVesta, Expertise Centre for Green Gas 12 Ambigo 13 SCW 13 NXT fuelling station 13 Infra Energy Innovation Park: opportunities for a smart grid 13 Knowledge, Innovation and Entrepreneurship 14 Incubator for Sustainable Energy Alkmaar 14 Data Science Alkmaar 16 Sustainable sports facilities 17 AFAS Stadium 17 De Meent Ice Rink and Sports Complex 18 Hoornse vaart 18 City Service Desk for Sustainable Building 19 Pictures by: Ritske Velstra Renata Jansen HVC Rob Verhagen Fotostudio Wick Natzijl Sustainability Projects in Alkmaar 3 Introduction Naam brochure Introduction Dear reader, A common challenge that we are all facing is the need to curb our CO₂ emissions. Many different kinds of technology for sustainable energy generation and energy efficiency already exist, but implementing these in real life situations is a major difficulty for the years to come. In collaboration with a range of partners, the City of Alkmaar is working on addressing this issue of sustainability. Some impressive projects have been completed and there are still many projects which will contribute to sustainable energy production and the reduction of carbon emissions in the pipeline,. In this way, the City of Alkmaar, together with its stakeholders, is contributing to the global climate challenge. Alkmaar cannot manage without the parties concerned in the field of sustainability, waste processing, knowledge and innovation. I am proud of the results that have been achieved! This brochure will tell you more about the sustainable projects in the city of Alkmaar and our alliance partners. In addition, we are convinced that we have to look abroad for experience and expertise in this field. Best regards, The Mayor of Alkmaar P.M. Bruinooge Naam brochure 5 Alkmaar Alkmaar and the region Victory began in Akmaar! In the heart of the world’s largest tulip fields, The city's residents grew rich on duties and close to magnificent sandy beaches, and trade, and were fond of investing in the large, surrounded by picturesque polders and quaint richly-decorated homes and warehouses that villages, Alkmaar is the centre of the north of still dominate the centre. These days, Alkmaar Noord-Holland. A region with about 650,000 isn't just a city with a strong cultural and inhabitants, a half-hour drive from Amsterdam historical heritage, it's also an enterprising, and Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, and an hour modern city with almost 8,000 companies from Rotterdam Seaport. Alkmaar's history and a workforce of about 52,000. Alkmaar began with its development into an important and the north of Noord-Holland region offer location for transfer and trade. new business abundant opportunities. The favourable location, the business climate and Alkmaar, trade city the mercantile spirit of the people here are Alkmaar has further developed its position as strong assets that are typical of Alkmaar. a centre for trade over the years, providing The history of Alkmaar began in 1254, when an extremely appealing range of shops, count Willem II of Holland granted Alkmaar educational institutions and facilities for its town charter. Alkmaar can be found in business services. the history books as the first town that was The city’s position as a regional centre for the liberated from the Spanish after the Eighty north of Noord-Holland is reflected in the fact Years' War (1568 – 1648). ‘Victory began in that it is home to a leading medical facility (the Alkmaar’ is a familiar expression that is still Alkmaar Medical Centre), to the district court used to describe the heroism of that time. On and the Department of Public Prosecutions. 8 October 1573, the Spanish were forced to 6 Sustainability Projects in Alkmaar Alkmaar flee from the water after rebels pierced the dikes, the start of a period of prosperity for the people of the city. Alkmaar, historical city Alkmaar has almost 3,600 listed and historical buildings in the rural areas and the old city. Many of the historical buildings you see in the centre of the city stem directly from the time when Alkmaar was a rich, leading location for transfer and trade, and most transport was by water. Visitors to Alkmaar's centre can still see, and feel, the city's rich history everywhere around them. The photogenic town hall (built activities around the city in the 16th and 17th between 1509 and 1520) is still used by the century. The people of Alkmaar were skilled city's administrators. It is one of Alkmaar's most developers of the innovative technology of famous historic buildings. windmills for pumping the land dry. They were fierce opponents of the “water wolf”: the open Say cheese, say Alkmaar link with the sea that led to the subsidence of The cheese market is a historical symbol of the peatlands below the surfaces of the lakes much more than the dairy trade alone. It is surrounding the city. a product of the intensive land reclamation HVC: Energy en Waste HVC is a leading Dutch utility company waste separately. In addition, HVC produces established by and for municipalities and sustainable energy (heat, electricity and water companies. In the Netherlands, gas) from waste, biomass, wind, sun and agreements are in place for mitigating geothermal. HVC supplies that energy to carbon emissions and for the recovery of raw municipalities, water authorities, business and materials. individual consumers. The government authorities participating in HVC Waste consists largely of potentially useful have their own targets in this area: raw materials. These resources are becoming • reduction of carbon emissions of 20% by 2020; increasingly scarce and it makes no sense to • raw material recovery amounting to 75% of waste them. So our mission is to recover these the waste flows in municipalities: household raw materials from waste and recycle them. We waste, paper, cardboard, textiles, organic also convert the residual waste from which no waste. raw materials can be recovered into renewable energy through incineration. In this way, we Alkmaar is one of the HVC shareholders. The reduce carbon emissions and dependence HVC head office is in Alkmaar. HVC helps on fossil fuels. To achieve this objective, we Alkmaar to achieve its objectives in the area also develop projects that draw on alternative of waste, raw materials and renewable energy. energy sources such as wind and solar energy. Materials are recycled as much as possible by collecting various types of household 8 Sustainability Projects in Alkmaar Sustainability Projects in Alkmaar HVC: Energy en Waste Waste and raw materials HVC creates a circular economy for its shareholders as a sustainable waste, raw materials and energy company. HVC does this by reprocessing collected waste and by encouraging the re-use of products at waste collection sites. HVC is increasingly focused on encouraging the public to separate valuable waste (such as paper, biodegradable material and artificial material) and then to submit these materials for collection. HVC processes the waste flows under its own management to ensure that the separated waste will be reintroduced to the market as recycled materials (material re-use). Our challenge is to perform even better in this area. Waste flows that are not collected separately are processed at Sortiva, a subsidiary of GP Groot and HVC. Sortiva is the company for recycling and recovery. It separates and processes bulky household waste, wood, rubble, green waste, soil, paper, cardboard, plastics and construction and demolition waste. The company processes waste from private individuals, business and municipalities for recycling. A new post-separation plant was heat produced is then used for district heating recently built for plastics. (households and businesses) and for supplies of warm tap water in the region, resulting in a GP Groot acts in three markets: 1) collection and reduction in carbon emissions of about 95%. recycling 2) fuel and oil trading 3) infrastructure The Netherlands generates most of its electricity and engineering. The segments reinforce one by burning coal and gas. Approximately 5% of another in a circular process: waste is collected the energy generated comes from biomass, (by GP Groot) and it is then converted by wind and solar energy. The goal is to raise this means of recycling and processing into high- percentage of green energy to 20% by 2020. grade raw materials and end products (by HVC helps shareholders to achieve their goals Sortiva) and into clean energy (by HVC). by producing renewable energy from waste and biomass but also from solar panels and wind Renewable energy turbines on land and at sea. The waste residue that cannot be recovered usefully is incinerated to produce electricity. The Sustainability Projects in Alkmaar 9 Together with the City of Alkmaar and other municipalities in the region, HVC is contributing to the acceleration of sustainable energy pro- duction in the region with the DECRA incentive fund. DECRA made a flying start in 2014 by in- vesting in a wind turbine in Alkmaar. The wind energy that is produced generates returns that can be used in a revolving fund approach to launch new sustainable projects from individu- als, companies and local energy cooperatives. Most sustainable district heating in the Netherlands HVC is working on the construction of a sustain- able heating network in Alkmaar and the neigh- bouring municipalities. This district heating is fed with the heat from the BioEnergy Plant (incin- eration of wood waste containing paint or glue) and the Waste Incineration Plant.